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Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch is a national program that unites citizens, organizations, and law enforcement agencies to reduce crime and bring local communities togther. Setting up and maintaining a Neighborhood Watch program is easy and involves only the following things:

resident interest in watching out for neighbors and properties

initial meeting with local police

selection of block captains and creation of a phone tree for regular communication among residents

immediate reporting of unusual activities or persons to the police

attentiveness and safe reporting that don't put anyone in danger

placement of Neighboorhood Watch signs on streets and/or in windows

Many Lafayette neighborhoods feature Neighborhood Watch signs and/or window decals but, until recently, Old Town Lafayette did not. In the summer of 2010, a group of Old Town residents (largely LOTA Resident Committee members) who were concerned about a sudden spate of crime met with Lafayette police to revive the Neighborhood Watch program in Old Town.

Old Town block captains are currently active in the following areas:

E. Geneseo St.

E. Cleveland St.

E. Cannon St.

W. Cannon St.

W. Chester St.

Contact Mary Pat Munding, LOTA Resident Committee chair, to get information on your block captain or to set up your own block group!

Support Neighborhood Watch efforts by printing and posting window signs!